Free alternatives to Menlo
Menlo is not an open font. These open fonts come closest by measured letter widths, the property that decides whether text keeps its line breaks when the font is swapped. DejaVu Mono Regular and DejaVu Mono Bold have identical widths.
Closest open fonts to Menlo
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- DejaVu Mono Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- DejaVu Mono Boldidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Cousine Boldnearly identical widths (2 units)
- Oxygen Mono Regularnearly identical widths (2 units)
- Roboto Mono Boldnearly identical widths (2 units)
- Roboto Mono SemiBoldnearly identical widths (2 units)
- Roboto Mono Mediumnearly identical widths (2 units)
- Cousine Regularnearly identical widths (2 units)
- Roboto Mono Lightnearly identical widths (2 units)
- Roboto Mono ExtraLightnearly identical widths (2 units)
Menlo measured
| Average lowercase letter width | 602.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 602.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 602.1 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 602.1 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | monospaced |
| Width of i compared with m | 100% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
Editing a PDF that uses Menlo
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. Menlo is not freely available, so MythosPDF first uses every letter already embedded in your PDF. If a new letter is missing, it asks before using the closest open font listed here, and tells you which one it used.
Questions people ask
+What is the best free alternative to Menlo?
By measured letter widths, DejaVu Mono Regular: identical letter widths (0 units per 1000 em). Identical widths mean a document keeps exactly the same line breaks.
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Menlo without having it installed?
Yes. Where a PDF lacks a letter, MythosPDF can use a font with identical widths, so the layout does not move, and it tells you it did.
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